Kaila's First Birthday!

Its been over a year since my last entry but I figured I've got to start somewhere. Maybe someday I will be able to get caught up on this past year (who am i kidding?) but for now I will jump right in and start my first journal entry since Kaila has been born...now that she is one year old!! Words cannot express how much joy this little girl has brought to our home. She is an absolute treasure - easy, happy, content little angel. Chris bought me a new camera for Christmas which I love but I haven't been great at transferring photos onto my laptop so I'm sorry that i don't have any pictures to share just yet, but I do have a video of Kaila enjoying her birthday cake.

Kaila is getting more adorable by the day. She is saying several words now, among her favorites are:

Dada
Mama
Car
Bye-bye
uh-oh
Kaila
all done
Nana (banana)

She loves to:
crawl up the stairs
play on her sand table
clap her hands
blow kisses
play peek a boo
get tickled
go for walks
eat fruit -like berries and melon, and will try anything you put in front of her. she really loves sushi - esp. seared salmon on rice
look at animals at the zoo - especially jellyfish, and other sea creatures. she also loves to look at dogs
smile really big with her 6 teeth
laugh and play with her Koya Cade - so hard sometimes that she topples over
talk like pebbles flintstone - her little voice is very breathy and sweet.
reading her Sesame Street "bubbles bubbles" book with Apu
shaking her head really fast from side to side to bounce her little curly mullet
have her face and hair blown on by people
interact with strangers....she is constantly trying to get people's attention and will pull out ALL her tricks to get anyone to acknowledge her
and most of all....she wants to be everywhere her Koya Cade wants to be...playing with his trains, and cars, sitting next to him in a stroller or grocery cart. The look on her face is pure delight and adoration.

More pics of her first birthday to follow...i will sign off now with a link to a video of Kaila enjoying her birthday cake! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCKNMKxwXIY